Locus has announced the finalists for this year’s Locus Awards, which will be presented in June in Seattle. Without revealing too many prejudices, I think it’s as good a batch of award finalists as you’re going to see all year. I’m really happy, for example, to see Stan Robinson’s Fifty Degrees Below on an awards ballot. I’ve got definite prejudices in every category, and will be interested to see the final results. And, no, I don’t know. I can find out , but I don’t know.

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